In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passages carefully and choose the correct answer to each question out of the four alternatives and fill in the blanks.
Click on the options to check whether it is right or wrong.
It may be better to consider the effects of a large scale exchange of weapons which is (1) in the context of current nuclear (2). Within a millionth of a second after a nuclear weapons is (3), enough energy is released to heat the surrounding air to tons of millions of degrees Celsius, forming a hot (4) bubble of gases or a fireball. There is also a very intense (5) pulse which appears as a (6) flash of light lasting for a few seconds. As the fireball rises,it spreads out to form the (7) mushroom cloud and its (8) creates strong (9) at the ground level. This updraft containing dust, smoke and radioactivity created by the (10) forms the steam of the mushroom cloud.
1. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- praiseworthy
- specious
- plausible
- possible
2. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- stockpiles
- hoards
- storage
- inventories
3. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- struck
- sparked
- detonated
- burnt
4. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- light
- buoyant
- scalding
- cheerful
5. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- hot
- warm
- boiling
- thermal
6. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- streaking
- thick
- bright
- brilliant
7. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- peculiar
- strange
- distinctive
- overpowering
8. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- ascent
- increase
- growth
- expansion
9. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- friction
- suction
- absorption
- engulfing
10. Choose appropriate word from options given below
- mass
- explosion
- agitation
- gases
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